Curtain-holder.



F. P. WEST.

CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLIUATLON FILED Nov.25.191z.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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CURTAIN HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.25,19xz.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

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Application filed November 25, 1912.

Specification o1 Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2, 19.1.3.

Serial No. 733,492.

To all whom t may conce/rn Be it known that I, F nani( P. liVns'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Orchard, in the county of Kitsap and State of lllashington,- have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain- Holders, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to curtain poles, more particularly to devices of this chai-ao ter employed for supporting lace curtains and similar hangings, and has for one of its objects to provide a simply constructed device whereby a lace curtain .may be quickly suspended and without the necessity for forming hems on the curtain or employing pins or other similar fastening devices to connect the curtain to the pole.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a simply constructed device whereby any surplus length of the curtain may be taken up and disposed within the supporting member.

Another object of the` .invention is to provide a simply constructed device whereby the length of the curtain may be readily adjusted without severing any portion thereof.

Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims, and in the drawings illustra tive of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure l is a front elevation of a portion of a window including the casing and frame with the improvement attached and in front elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the parts shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 11 is an enlarged transverse section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow with the slots of the telescoping cylinders disposed in registering relations. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of the arrow. Fig. (i is a view similar to Fig. 4L showing the relative position of the parts after the curtain has been connected therewith.

Corresponding' and like parts are referred to in the :following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

lhe improved device may bc constructed of any suitable material and any suitable length and size and adapted to curtains of various sizes, and comprises an outer cylindrical ineinber 110 and an inner cylindrical inember 11, the inner cylinder being sonicwhat smaller than the outer cylinder whereby a space is left between the cylinders, as indicated at IIL. '.lhe outer cylinder 10 is closed at one end, preferably by means oitl a head 13 having a shoulder 'I't to foi-1n a bearing for the adjacent terminal of the inner cylinder 11. The inner cylinder 11 is provided at the end opposite to the filler Incinber 123 with a filler 15 preferably of wood and enlarged to rotatably engage against the inner face of the outer cylinder 10, as shown. The outer cylinder l() is provided with a longitudinal slot 16 while the inner cylinder 11 is provided with a similar longitudinal slot 17, the two slots registering when the inner cylinder is adjusted to one position.

Fitting over the open end of the outer cylinder l0 is a cap 1S having a closure 19, preferably of wood, at its outer end. The cap 18 is rotatable over the outer cylinder' 1t) and is spaced a distance from its open end, as shown. A, stud 20 connected to the closure 112 of the outer cylinder and is lnovided with a llat bearing 21 externally ofthe closure 13, while a similar stud 22 projects from the closure 15 of the inner cylindf'er. Ihe stud 22 extends through the closure 19 of the cap and is provided externally of the cap with a flat bearing 23. A coiled spring 21|- surrounds the stud Q2 between the closure members 15 and 19 and is connected at one end at 2:7 to the closure 15 and at the other end at QG to the closure 19. By this means the spring operates to niaintain the inner cylinder yieldably in a certain predetermined position relative to the outer cylinder, as hereafter explained.

Connected to the outer cylinder 10 are bearing plates 27, preferal'ily located at opposite sides of the cylinder, and extending over the cap 18 and secured thereto by gui screws or other similar fastening devices Q8. The Window casing is provided with brackets 29 eacl` having a slot 30 to receive the bearings 21-23 and hold them from rotation. Y

lVith a device thus constructed the opera-V edge of the curtain at the proper distance from the floor. The cap 18 together with its head 19 is then rotated once or more against the resistance of the spring 24 or until the slot 17 has been disposed at the opposite side of the cylinder 10` from the slot 16, or even to a greater extent, this movement causing a certain portion of the curtain material to be rolled around between the tivo cylinders and thus firmly lock the curtain material to the cylinders. rotating the inner cylinder one or more revolutions the locking action Will be correspondingly increased and the grip l of the curtain upon the rollers likewise increased to prevent its rem val therefrom when the roller is disposed in the brackets. Then the inner roller 11 has been rotated to a suiricient distance to firmly loclr the curtain material in position the screws 2S are again inserted to hold the cap and the inner cylinder in its adjusted position. The roller is then elevated and the bearings 2l-23 deposited re-V spectively in the slots 30 .of the hangers( By this moa-ns the curtain is suspended trom'the roller and retained in position. lf preferred the curtain material may be Wrapped one or more times around the outer cylinder to conceal the same.

rEhe improved Adevice is simple in construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and of any required length or size.

rlhe bodies of the cylinders 10-11 and .of the cap 18 will preferably be of sheet metal While the terminals 13-15-19 Will preferably be ofwood, but may beef other material it preferred.

Having thus described the invention, what l claim is:

1. A curtain pole comprising an outer cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot, an inner cylindrical member having a longitudinal Y slot, said slots adapted to receive curtain material, means for rotating the inner cylindrical member Within the outer cylindrical member, and means for locking the inner cylindrical member in its adjusted position.

2. A curtain pole comp-rising an outer cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot,

an inner cylindrical member having av loir gitudinal slot, said slots adapted to receivecurtain material, a cap mounted for rotation upon the outer cylindrical member, a spring connected respectively to the inner cylindrical member and to the cap, bearing studs carried respectively by said outer cylindrical member and the cap, means for locking said cap to said outer cylindrical member and brackets for supporting said bearings and adaptedwto be connected to a Window.

3. A curtain pole comprising an outer cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot and open at one end and With a head closing the other end and provided with an in- Wardly directed annular shoulder, an inner cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot and rotatably engaging the annular shoulder at one end and with a head closing the other end, said head having an outwardly directed flange rotatably engaging in the outer cylindrical member and said slots adapted to receive curtain material, means for rotating the inner cylindrical member Within the outer cylindrical member, and'means for locking the inner cylin drical member in its adjusted position.

A. A curtain pole comprising an outer cylindrical member `.having a longitudinal slot and open at one end and with a head closing the other end and provided with an in- Wardly directed annularrshoulder, an innerV cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot and rotatably engaging` the annular shoulder at one end and with ahead closing the other end, said head having an outwardly directed flange rotatably engaging in the outer cylindrical member and said slots adapted to receive curtain material, a

cap mounted for rot-ation upon the outer c flindrical memoer, a StudeXtending/from the closure of the outer cylindrical member, a stud extending from the closure of the'inner cylindrical member and through the cappa spring connectedV respectively toV YVsaid cap and inner cylindrical member and yieldably coupling the inner cylindrical member and the capp',v means for locking said cap to said outer cylindrical member, and brackets Vadapted to be attached to-supporting means and receiving said studs and holding the same from turning. Y Y

5. A curtain pole comprising an outer cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot, an inner cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot and rotatably disposed Within Y the outer cylindrical member, a cap engaging over the outer cylindrical member, means for yieldably coupling the cap to the inner cylindrical member, and means for locking the cap to the outer cylindrical member.

At3.. A curtain vpole comprising an outer cylindrical member having a longitudinal slot, an inner cylindrical member having a lonlg'itudinal slot and rotatably disposed Within means for yieldably coupling the cap to the the outer cylindrical member, :L Cep engngouter cylindrical member. 10 ing over the outer cylindrical member, studs In testimony whereof I affix my signature extending` respectively from said outer eyin presence of two Witnesses.

linclrical member and from said Cep, brack- FRANK P. WEST. [n 5.] ets adapted to be 'connected to a stationary Witnesses:

supporting means and receiving said studs GEORGE A. BUNDY,

and holding the same from turning, and A. LYON. i

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